Huazhou is unfortunate, just a few days after the end of the previous battle, a new offensive and defensive battle is about to be ushered in, of course, the soldiers and civilians in Huazhou at this time do not know, they are still busy sorting out the battlefield.

The first city where Huangshui came out of the capital was Huazhou, and this section of the waterway did not flow inside the city but along the outside of the city. Since Huazhou was recaptured by Daliang, even the control of this section of the waterway has returned to Daliang's hands.

Emperor Liang had already realized that the Tang Dynasty would never give up, and he sent Yang Zhong of the Guangyuan Army to lead the Wugongwei and Tenglongwei to garrison. As soon as the army of 30,000 people entered Huazhou City, they immediately began to strengthen the city defense day and night, after all, after the First World War, Huazhou City became the front line of the confrontation between the Great Liang and the Tang Dynasty.

Since it was to reorganize the city defense, the corpses of these soldiers in the Tang Dynasty needed to be disposed of immediately, so Yang Zhong ordered the army to throw all these corpses into the water, which was really unkind and buried a lot of hidden dangers. First of all, there is the problem of pollution of downstream water sources, many cities in the lower reaches of Huangshui rely on Huangshui as drinking water, and these tens of thousands of corpses are thrown into the river, but I am afraid that the river water will have to turn bad.

Yang Zhong is very calm about this, even if he dies of thirst, he is thirsty to death for those people in the Tang Dynasty, as for the people of Daliang in the city, he once said, "As a Liang person, you always have to sacrifice something for the country."

The season had not yet begun, and the weather was cold, and these corpses were just floating and sinking on the surface of the river like ice ballast, and for a time they blocked the narrowest part of the river. After being blocked for a long time, it has formed a gap between the broken flow and the stratification of the river, and the water surface is high on the side near Huazhou and the water is causing a drop in the downstream direction.

Yang Zhong didn't have time to take care of Huangshui, there were still a lot of things waiting for him to deal with in Huazhou City, and as the days passed, he had expected the counterattack of the Tang Dynasty, but he always focused on the cavalry for protection, so he was very attentive to the city defense and the combat tactics of his subordinates. It's a pity that Yang Zhong, like almost all the Liang people, forgot that half of the territory of the Lower Tang Dynasty was at sea, and in addition to the cavalry with good combat effectiveness, they also had sailors that several other countries did not have.

Five days after the Battle of Huazhou, Yang Zhong was awakened by a tight horn sound in the early morning, and before he could open his mouth to ask, someone had already rushed into the room and said loudly: "General, the Tang Water Division is coming to attack the city!" ”

Navy? Yang Zhong was stunned for a moment, and he didn't even have time to put on his clothes and ran towards the city, the cold wind of winter made Yang Zhong wake up in the shortest possible time, and when he came to the city to look, the waterway of Huangshui was already densely distributed with ships of all sizes, and from the big flag, he knew that it was the Lower Tang Naval Division.

Lower Tang Water Division! No matter how much Yang Zhong scolded himself at this time, it was too late, Xia Tang's killing move was completely ignored by himself, and those who were tossed by their usual cavalry forgot that Xia Tang still had combat effectiveness and still existed only in the ancient books.

Yang Zhong's lips were blue, I don't know if it was because of the cold or because of fear, or both, in short, the blood in his body was gradually getting cold, his combat experience over the years was all on land, and he really had no clue how to deal with the sailor. However, it didn't take long for Yang Zhong's worries to subside a little, as he found that the ships of the Lower Tang Dynasty had encountered obstacles.

"Send someone to clear the corpse immediately!"

The order spread from the ship, and the sailors of the Lower Tang hurriedly fiddled with the oars to break apart the crowded corpses. In this process, the sailors finally saw clearly that these floating corpses that had been frozen into ice were their own robes, and the military uniforms on their bodies were enough to explain everything, some of these people were killed in battle, and some were slaughtered, and the officers and soldiers of the sailors in China had heard the news of the Liang Dynasty massacre, but now they saw it with their own eyes, and the flame of revenge in their hearts was ignited.

"These Liang people are really hateful!" Dugu Gu said viciously: "They knew that we were going to attack from the waterway, and they actually used the corpses of the soldiers as an obstacle to block the river, where is the slightest appearance of a cultural country?" Commander, this battle must make them suffer a little! ”

"Xiao Xiang, we sent troops so quickly and so secretly, do you think Liang Jun will get the news in advance?" Yong Wujian analyzed: "You are just exalting them, according to me, it is simply because of the rush of time that you did not have time to dispose of the corpses, so you rudely threw the corpses of our soldiers into the river, if the corpses are decomposed, it will only pollute the river water of those cities downstream." It's just that because of the winter, these corpses are frozen, creating an obstacle for our fleet. ”

"Yes, the Commander's analysis makes too much sense!" It stands to reason that Dugu Gu's official rank is still above mediocrity, but in the army, he understands very well that he is just a literati, although he is nominally a prisoner of the army, but all he can do is prepare military rations, so it is best to listen to the commander.

"Order to remove the corpses that can be removed, and transfer those that can't be removed to the ship, after all, when we triumph, we also need to bring back the corpses of our own people!"

It is obviously unrealistic to take them all away, there are not tens of thousands of corpses on the surface of the river, but in the face of their own people, it would be too unkind to blindly remove them as obstacles, so Yongwujian still felt that it would be more beneficial to himself and his army to choose some to bring back and bury them.

In order to clear these corpses that were blocking the river, the offensive momentum of the Lower Tang Water Division weakened, which gave Yang Zhong time to prepare. Yang Zhong made three deployments: first, he densely spread archers on the head of the city, and with the help of feather arrows, he dealt the first round of strikes to the Lower Tang Naval Division that entered the range; The second sent people to take water from the city and pour it on the walls; The third is to send someone to quickly inform the emperor of the war situation in Huazhou, which is the most important point.

In the early hours of the morning, this layer of mist was still on the water, so that the two armies could not see each other clearly, and as the sun rose, the fog began to gradually dissipate, so that the confrontation between the two armies was formed.

The movement of the Lower Tang Navy Division to clear the corpses was still relatively fast, and under the opening of dozens of small boats, the large fleet was finally able to smoothly pass through this narrow waterway and officially enter the scope of Huazhou.

"Very good, since you're here, don't leave easily, try my methods!" Yang Zhong had already put on his armor at this time, and personally stood at the head of the city to supervise the battle, he was calculating the location of the Tang Water Division from the city, and once he entered the attack range of the feather arrows, he immediately gave the strongest arrow rain.

It's a pity that Yang Zhong miscalculated again, without waiting for the Tang Naval Division to enter the ambush circle, and without waiting for the Guangyuan Army to launch the first round of attacks, the Xia Tang took the lead in attacking, and they also used feather arrows. However, these feather arrows are different from the feather arrows of the Guangyuan Army, if it is simply a modified version of the bed crossbow. A window opened on one side of the hull of the Lower Tang ship, and a bed crossbow grew out of each window, and it was also a three-headed bed crossbow, that is, three crossbow arrows were shot at a time, and the heads of these crossbow arrows were slightly shining with sparks, which was a cyan spark.

"Green Firefly!" Yang Zhong had seen the power of this kind of ghost fire, and his heart had already been raised to his throat, which was not very surprising at all, as long as anyone who had seen Qingying's power could know, it was perfect for combat.

These firefly crossbow arrows were finally fired, and the crossbow arrows the thickness of a person's arm roared towards the city of Huazhou, and the first batch of crossbow arrows plunged into the city wall. The first collision of ice and fire inspired sparkling ice crystals and sparks, and the crossbow arrows, though powerful, failed to penetrate the city walls, and the green fireflies that burned as soon as they were contaminated only drew a light and shadow on the city walls, and then disappeared like meteors.

Seeing this scene, he didn't understand why Qingying couldn't exert his due power at first, but as more crossbow arrows were shot and slammed into the city gates, walls, and city heads, he began to understand the mystery of this.

Yang Zhong smiled, no matter how powerful your crossbow arrows and green fireflies are, you have a good plan, I have a wall ladder! These walls have been drenched with cold water, and they quickly freeze in winter, forming a barrier to protect the city of Huazhou.